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New Jersey Transit is one of only four commuter railroads in danger of missing the year-end deadline to install an automatic speed control system, or qualify for a two-year extension to do so.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the absence of such a system contributed to train crashes in Philadelphia and Hoboken.
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NJSME
The New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers wants to thank the following sponsors of the NJSME Annual Luncheon:
GOLD
Pennoni Associates
Williams Gas Pipeline
SILVER
CME Associates
International Code Council
Miovision
New Jersey Asphalt Pavement Association
Remington & Vernick Engineers
T&M Associates
Utility and Transportation Contractors Association
BRONZE
B & W Construction Co. of NJ, Inc.
Boro Engineering
Bulk Storage, Inc.
Garden State Precast
Hot-in-Place Recycling
Keller & Kirkpatrick, Inc.
Maser Consulting, PA
Mott MacDonald
NJSME
NJSME would like to congratulate this year's award winners:
A MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
FIRST PLACE
Summit Park Rehabilitation Project
Albert Yodakis - Manchester Township
B MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Population Under 20,000
HONORABLE MENTION
New Jersey Avenue Intersection Improvements
Edward Dennis Jr. - Remington & Vernick
Engineers
SECOND PLACE
Tertiary Dis Filtration and Ultravoilet
Disinfection
Carmela Roberts - Roberts Engineering
Group
FIRST PLACE
Kinderkamack Road Improvements
Stephen Boswell - Boswell Engineers
C MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Population Over 20,000
SECOND PLACE
Beach Drive Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Mark Sray - Mott MacDonald
FIRST PLACE
Baltic Avenue Drainage Canal
Improvements
Edward Dennis Jr. - Remington Vernick
Engineers
D MUNICIPAL PARKS/ RECREATION PROJECTS
HONORABLE MENTION
The Reconstruction of Bayfront Park Gregory Valesi - CME Associates
SECOND PLACE
Mary B. Moss Playground Park Project Deanna Stockton - Township of Princeton
FIRST PLACE
Absecon Creek Waterfront Improvements
Edward Dennis Jr. - Remington & Vernick
Engineers
E MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
HONORABLE MENTION
Park & Recreation Master Plan
Daren Phil - Suburban Consulting
Engineers
SECOND PLACE
Demarest Pond Hydro-Raking
Carl O’Brien - Maser Consulting
FIRST PLACE
Stormwater Management and Mapping Annina Hogan - Remington & Vernick
Engineers
F MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
HONORABLE MENTION
Imps. to the Rahway Water Treatment Plant Cons. Mgt. Project
David Samuel - CME Associates
SECOND PLACE
Mantua Avenue Multi-Modal Transportation Improvements
Edward Vernick - Remington & Vernick
Engineers
FIRST PLACE
Railroad Ave Extension and Trail Project
John Mallon - T&M Associates
G MUNICIPAL PROJECTS INVOLVING INTERGOVERN
MENTAL COOPERATION
HONORABLE MENTION
Improvements to the Richard Korpi Ice Rink
David Samuel - CME Associates
SECOND PLACE
The Birth of Carteret Municipal Marina
Gregory Valesi - CME Associates
FIRST PLACE
North Elmwood Road Sidewalk
Extension Project
Timothy Staszewski - Remington & Vernick
Engineers
To view photos from this year's annual league luncheon, please click here.
NJSME
The New Jersey Municipal Engineering Institute (NJMEI) was created by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers (NJSME) in 1987 to establish and administer programs dedicated to the continuing education needs of professional engineers practicing municipal engineering.
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NJSME
NJSME would like to welcome its newest members:
Walter C. Bronson, Jr.
Dewberry Engineering, Inc.
Jonathan Blank
Township of Bernards
The Construction Specifier
Construction is set to begin on a historic temple and former masonic lodge in Princeton. The site will be adapted into a 10-unit, mixed-income residential building.
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Construction Equipment Guide
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced a $1 million Notice of Grant Opportunity to provide greater employment opportunities for females entering the construction trades.
"When women comprise just over 47 percent of New Jersey's workforce, but less than 10 percent of the workforce in the construction industry, we know we can do better," said Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo at the Construction-Utilities Industry Summit at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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Engineering News-Record
The Occupational Safety and Heath Administration published the final version of its new crane rule on Nov. 9, which covers training and certification for crane operators. The rule is a revision of a draft version published in May 2018, and it removes the need to certify operators by crane capacity rather than just type of crane.
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Construction Dive
Construction companies are three times more likely to fail in an economic recovery than in a downturn, according to Ryan Howsam, a principal at FMI Corp., so managing risk is one of the most important aspects of running an AEC business.
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Construction Equipment
Prices for infrastructure-related project materials continue to rise under the Trump administration’s steel tariffs, causing several states to rework their budgets in 2019.
In Dover, New Hampshire, for example, officials are reworking their budget after the winning bid on a flood-control project came in $1.5 million higher than its anticipated $3.3 million. The project involves installing hundreds of feet of steel-reinforced concrete pipe.
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Construction Dive
What do Olympic runners have to do with keeping workers safe on a job site? A lot, said Craig Atkinson, vice president of communications for The Walsh Group, a contracting and design-build firm. Runners are much faster than they were 100 years ago, he noted, because of advances in sneaker technology and because elite athletes have a mindset of continuous improvement, always analyzing and acting on their performance data.
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